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Re: Academy Award nominations are out

The fact that Ben Affleck got snubbed for best director is ridiculous.

I never thought I'd live in a world where people were shocked when Ben Affleck wasn't nominated for Best Director.

Kudos to him for successfully reinventing himself.

Originally Posted by dougdirt

I thought it moved fairly slowly. It was well acted, but I have seen better.

It takes a good twenty minutes for the story to actually start, but there are some moments of great suspense, the entire thing is extremely well acted and interesting from beginning to end. I liked it.

Re: Academy Award nominations are out

Originally Posted by BuckeyeRed27

What would be your vote from the nominees?

I have only seen Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty of the nominees. Honestly, both left me thinking "pretty good movie", but not what I hold up as "movie of the year" category. I thought Silver Linings Playbook was better acted. Cooper and DeNiro acted their butts off.

Best movie I saw of the year was The Dark Knight Rises.

I am going to see Django Unchained today or tomorrow, so that could change. I may also go see Lincoln depending on how things play out tonight (if I see Django Unchained tonight, I will see Lincoln tomorrow before football.

Re: Academy Award nominations are out

Originally Posted by dougdirt

I have only seen Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty of the nominees. Honestly, both left me thinking "pretty good movie", but not what I hold up as "movie of the year" category. I thought Silver Linings Playbook was better acted. Cooper and DeNiro acted their butts off.

Best movie I saw of the year was The Dark Knight Rises.

I am going to see Django Unchained today or tomorrow, so that could change. I may also go see Lincoln depending on how things play out tonight (if I see Django Unchained tonight, I will see Lincoln tomorrow before football.

I really enjoyed The Dark Knight Rises...one of my favorites of the year too. It was one of those movies that just had a great mood throughout, and the score really stood out as well...something I usually don't care about.

Re: Academy Award nominations are out

Originally Posted by kaldaniels

Was also hoping Jack Black got a nod for Bernie.

Likewise McConaughey for Magic Mike. But those types of roles don't win awards.

I think it's kind of silly to call The Dark Knight Rises one of the best films of 2012. Giving it any awards for anything other than its special effects would be in an attempt to make up for The Dark Knight's lack of awards...

Originally Posted by jojo

and buckeye fans only a week and a half away from another embarrassing loss they'll be forever unable to reconcile though one would think they should be well used to the modern buckeye brand.

Re: Academy Award nominations are out

Rented Beasts of the Southern Wilds tonight. It's good and may be if I see it a second time I will think it's great. By the time I quit taking it literally I missed a fair amount of what the movie was trying to tell me. The story is great and the storytelling is pretty good too. Oh. And the girl should win best actress. And not just because she was 5. And the guy who plays her father should have been nominated at minimum.

Re: Academy Award nominations are out

Originally Posted by dabvu2498

Rented Beasts of the Southern Wilds tonight. It's good and may be if I see it a second time I will think it's great. By the time I quit taking it literally I missed a fair amount of what the movie was trying to tell me. The story is great and the storytelling is pretty good too. Oh. And the girl should win best actress. And not just because she was 5. And the guy who plays her father should have been nominated at minimum.

we watched it a couple of days ago, and i think it's quite wondrous..hushpuppy from "the bathtub".

Re: Academy Award nominations are out

Originally Posted by kaldaniels

I really enjoyed The Dark Knight Rises...one of my favorites of the year too. It was one of those movies that just had a great mood throughout, and the score really stood out as well...something I usually don't care about.

Was also hoping Jack Black got a nod for Bernie.

You've got two people having an intimate conversation whilst Zimmer's booming score smothers the whole freakin' scene. Of course it stood out.

Re: Academy Award nominations are out

I think Silver Linings Playbook is my favorite of the ones I've seen so far (about half the list). It comes dangerously close to audience pandering, though, but it is so damn likeable.

Originally Posted by Scrap Irony

Calipari is not, nor has he ever been accused or "caught", cheating. He himself turned in one of his players (Camby) for dealing with an agent to get one Final Four overturned. The other is all on the NCAA and Rose. (IF Rose cheated.)

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